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Book chapter · 2024

Between Gattopardismo and Ideational Change: The Mainstream Chilean Right's Winding Road to Moderation

Stéphanie Alenda, Miguel Ángel López, Kenneth Bunker, Nicolás Miranda

In The Recasting of the Latin American Right: Polarization and Conservative Reactions, edited by André Borges, Ryan Lloyd, Gabriel Vommaro, pp. 176-196. Cambridge University Press

Alenda, S., López, M. Á., Bunker, K., & Miranda, N. (2024). Between Gattopardismo and Ideational Change: The Mainstream Chilean Right's Winding Road to Moderation. In André Borges, Ryan Lloyd, Gabriel Vommaro (Eds.), The Recasting of the Latin American Right: Polarization and Conservative Reactions (pp. 176–196). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009427432.011

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Abstract

This chapter explains how the Chilean right has been reconfigured due to the multidimensional crisis that has shaken Chile since the end of 2019. The authors analyze how tensions regarding competition and identity have affected relevant actors and structured their perceptions, calculations, and behaviors. They examine the ideational changes and continuities of the Chilean right's road to moderation. They argue that the joint processes of liberalization and democratization gave rise to a gattopardista strategy of "changing so that things may remain the same." This was characterized by the programmatic moderation of coalition candidates until the 2017 campaign, with traditional right-wing parties moving to the center to the extent that they did not threaten the pillars of the neoliberal model. However, when centrist and left-wing parties aimed to significantly reform the institutional core, the traditional right did react, and moved further to the right on the ideological continuum.

Details

Book
The Recasting of the Latin American Right: Polarization and Conservative Reactions
Editors
André Borges, Ryan Lloyd, Gabriel Vommaro
Pages
176-196
Year
2024
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781009427449 (hardback); 9781009427432 (online)
DOI

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Capítulo de libro · 2024

Entre el gatopardismo y el cambio ideacional: el sinuoso camino de la derecha tradicional chilena hacia la moderación

Stéphanie Alenda, Miguel Ángel López, Kenneth Bunker, Nicolás Miranda

En The Recasting of the Latin American Right: Polarization and Conservative Reactions, editado por André Borges, Ryan Lloyd, Gabriel Vommaro, pp. 176-196. Cambridge University Press

Resumen

Este capítulo explica cómo la derecha chilena se ha reconfigurado a raíz de la crisis multidimensional que ha sacudido a Chile desde fines de 2019. Los autores analizan cómo las tensiones en torno a la competencia y la identidad han afectado a los actores relevantes y estructurado sus percepciones, cálculos y comportamientos. Examinan los cambios y continuidades ideacionales del camino de la derecha chilena hacia la moderación. Argumentan que los procesos conjuntos de liberalización y democratización dieron origen a una estrategia gatopardista de "cambiar para que todo siga igual". Esta se caracterizó por la moderación programática de los candidatos de la coalición hasta la campaña de 2017, con los partidos tradicionales de derecha desplazándose hacia el centro en la medida en que no amenazaran los pilares del modelo neoliberal. Sin embargo, cuando los partidos de centro y de izquierda buscaron reformar significativamente el núcleo institucional, la derecha tradicional reaccionó y se desplazó más hacia la derecha en el continuo ideológico.

Detalles

Libro
The Recasting of the Latin American Right: Polarization and Conservative Reactions
Editores
André Borges, Ryan Lloyd, Gabriel Vommaro
Páginas
176-196
Año
2024
Editorial
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781009427449 (hardback); 9781009427432 (online)
DOI

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